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Daniel Okafor

Full-stack engineer · TypeScript, Go and calm production systems

I build web products end to end — from the database schema to the last loading state. Lately: payments, real-time dashboards and making slow pages fast.
Open to senior roles and the odd interesting contract.

Portrait of Daniel Okafor

What I work with

  • TypeScript & React

    Next.js apps, design systems, accessible forms.
  • Go & Node

    APIs, queues and background jobs that don’t wake you at 3am.
  • PostgreSQL

    Schema design, migrations, query tuning.
  • Cloud & CI

    AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, sensible alerts.

Experience

  • Senior software engineer · Fieldnote · Full-time

    2022 – Present

    Berlin

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    Lead on billing and the public API. Cut checkout errors by 40% and page load by half.

  • Software engineer · Parcelwise · Full-time

    2019 – 2022

    Lagos

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    Built the live parcel-tracking map used by 300 couriers a day.

  • Web developer · Freelance · Self-employed

    2017 – 2019

    Remote

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    Shops, booking systems and dashboards for small businesses.

Education

  • BSc, Computer Science · University of Lagos

    2013 – 2017

    Lagos · Grade: First class

Side projects

  • tinyqueue

    A 2 kB job queue for Postgres. 1.8k stars on GitHub.
  • shipnote

    Writes release notes from your merged pull requests.
  • Standup bot

    A friendly Slack bot that collects daily updates.

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